rgieseke/base16-textadept

Base16 themes for the Textadept editor

63

stars

74

commits

Lua

primary language

Jun 1, 2026

updated

base16
textadept

README

Base16 themes for the Textadept editor

Installation

Clone the repository, e.g.:

cd ~/.textadept/themes
git clone https://github.com/rgieseke/base16-textadept.git

Copy or symlink all or some themes into .textadept/themes

Set a theme by putting the following in your ~/.textadept/init.lua, e.g. for Solarized Light:

    view:set_theme(UI ~= 'terminal' and 'base16-solarized-light' or 'term')

This repo tracks the latest Textadept 13 changes.

The themes and tools from Tinted Theming are used.

Preview: https://tinted-theming.github.io/tinted-gallery/

To build or develop locally (using tinted-builder-rust):

Sync the schemes:

tinted-builder-rust sync

To generate the themes from default.mustache:

tinted-builder-rust build base16/templates/textadept

If this repo is in .textadept/themes/base16-textadept one can symlink the themes so Textadept can find them:

ln -s base16-textadept/base16/templates/textadept/themes/base16*.lua .

Base16 Themes

Tinted Theming: https://github.com/tinted-theming/ Base16: https://github.com/chriskempson/base16

Contributors

rgieseke

69 commits

brynne8

1 commits

paaguti

1 commits

rgieseke/base16-textadept

Base16 themes for the Textadept editor

63

stars

74

commits

Lua

primary language

Jun 1, 2026

updated

base16
textadept

README

Base16 themes for the Textadept editor

Installation

Clone the repository, e.g.:

cd ~/.textadept/themes
git clone https://github.com/rgieseke/base16-textadept.git

Copy or symlink all or some themes into .textadept/themes

Set a theme by putting the following in your ~/.textadept/init.lua, e.g. for Solarized Light:

    view:set_theme(UI ~= 'terminal' and 'base16-solarized-light' or 'term')

This repo tracks the latest Textadept 13 changes.

The themes and tools from Tinted Theming are used.

Preview: https://tinted-theming.github.io/tinted-gallery/

To build or develop locally (using tinted-builder-rust):

Sync the schemes:

tinted-builder-rust sync

To generate the themes from default.mustache:

tinted-builder-rust build base16/templates/textadept

If this repo is in .textadept/themes/base16-textadept one can symlink the themes so Textadept can find them:

ln -s base16-textadept/base16/templates/textadept/themes/base16*.lua .

Base16 Themes

Tinted Theming: https://github.com/tinted-theming/ Base16: https://github.com/chriskempson/base16

Contributors

rgieseke

69 commits

brynne8

1 commits

paaguti

1 commits

Languages

Lua

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